Essay On Mukallaf In Islam

The Mukallaf (accountable) in islam

A person is considered mukallaf or accountable in islam after attaining puberty. Being ‘accountable’ means you have to complete your duties and obligations of islam such as praying, fasting, zakah , keeping oneself clean and hygenic, working fairly to earn a living and not cheating anywhere, following the etiquette shown in the Sunnah, not lying, by not consuming the forbidden , etc.. The elders around a child would then help the child by encouraging him/her to do good. The values, attitudes and habits encouraged by Islam are in conformity with the natural goodness of man. The values and habits islam condemns go against the core of man’s innate goodness. This you bear in mind whenever you consider the Islamic

Therefore they are not mukallaf.

8. Temporarily sick

A person who temporarily looses his ability to reason due to natural circumstances like sleep or fainting or forgetfulness .so the basic rule is they are not liable while they are in that state.

Eg, a person faints and falls on some other person and that person dies. So if proved that the former became unconscious and that is the reason for someone’s death then that means the fainted person is not responsible for the death according to qisas.it wont be considered an intentional death but It will be classified as manslaughter

A person who falls into a coma or faints for lets say 5 days, when they gain consciousness they are required to do the missed salah when they are unconscious state

A person who becomes mentally impaired due to artificial means eg getting drunk or taking drugs.

A person getting drunk due to someone elses actions lyk parties where it is difficult to distinguish between juice or beer. And then he does something like divorce his wife-scholars are divided in this opinion. Some say it depends on the man how much he is in mental state i.e able to distinguish between ryt and wrong or totally not in mind